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Most people would be thrilled with a tied-seventh finish at The Masters.

Brooks Koepka isn’t ‘most people’.

The four-time major champion had a solid week at Augusta National, winding up on ten-under-par, ten shots adrift of runaway winner Dustin Johnson.

However, despite breaking par in all four rounds and posting his second top-10 in as many weeks, the 30-year-old cut a forlorn figure at play’s end.

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“I’m not really excited right now,” said Koepka. “Whoo, seventh. I don’t know what else to say to that. I’m not too happy. It’s disappointing.

“I didn’t play very good. Just didn’t make any putts, missed it in a lot of bad spots, and didn’t even come close to making enough birdies. It’s a struggle when it’s very soft like this. You’ve got to kind of be a picker. Dustin’s a little bit of a picker. Even Rory plays well when it’s wet too.”

Koepka added that he found it a struggle to get motivated without patrons on-site.

“It’s becoming, I guess, the norm, but it’s still very odd at this place to see it,” he said. “You kind of miss the roars. I think that’s the one thing I miss the most is just kind of the excitement, the buzz that goes around.

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“Even when you’re just kind of walking around on Tuesday, you can almost feel it in the air at this place, and I kind of miss it.

“It’s just very dull. There’s just not that atmosphere going. Hopefully, soon, we can have them back.”


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Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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